Space weather can have an impact on our planet, interfering with life and our technological infrastructure. But can we predict it?
, or CMEs, during which billions of tons of plasma with embedded, interplanetary magnetic field are ejected from the outermost part of the sun's atmosphere, called the corona.
On the ground, these events can result in power grid surges, which have led to widespread blackouts, such as those that occurred during a strong geomagnetic storm in 1989. Due to the threat of such events, electric power companies have measures in place to mitigate any potential damage.. These spectacular phenomena arise when charged particles spewed out by the sun slam into atoms and molecules in the Earth's atmosphere, heating them up and producing light.
Solar eruptions also spew out huge quantities of high-energy, charged particles, which can result in solar radiation storms lasting from a few hours to days.
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